1 Trường THPT Chu Văn An ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC ĐỀ THI HỌC KỲ I (2014 – 2015) Môn: Anh văn Lớp:11 Ban: Nâng cao Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút (Dành cho học sinh các lớp 11D1, 11D2, 11D3, 11Văn) Đề thi gồm 04 trang, 50 câu. Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi này A.PHONETICS Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others. 1. a. celebrate b. decorate c. entertain d. influence 2. a. polite b. popular c. pagoda d. agrarian 3. a. longevity b. calendar c. parade d. occasion 4. a. represent b. exchange c. receiving d. prepare 5. a. constancy b. festival c. activity d. comment Your answers 1 2 3 4 5 B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY I. Choose the best answer. 1.I've got lots of ______ but only a few really good friends. a. best friends b. neighbors c. acquaintances d. partners 2.Scientists ______ a carefully controlled experiment on the mystery virus. a. turned over b. put up c. carried out d. set in 3.I prefer staying at work late ______ work home with me. a. to take b. taking c. than take d. to taking 4.You are under no obligation to help as assistance is purely ______. a. free b. voluntary c. charitable d. donated 5.I don't remember ______ of the decision to change the company policy on vacation. When was it decided? a. telling b. being told c. to tell d. to be told 6.I couldn't find Jo at the party last night. If I ______ him, we'd have been happy. a. .meet b. met c. have met d. had met 7.Big cities like New York and Tokyo are ______ populated. a. greatly b. densely c. closely d. variously 8.______ in some developing countries may be the cause of poverty and hunger. a. Modernization b. Literacy c. Pollution d. Overpopulation 9.______ Christmas Eve, people often have parties late at midnight. a. On b. In c. At d. For 10.He got an excellent grade in his examination ______ the fact that he had not worked particularly hard. a. on account of b. because of c. in spite of d. Although Your answers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II. Give the correct form of the given words to complete the following passage. DRESS CODE 1 Mã đề: 101 2 UK companies have received criticism from a business forum for what their report refers to as a rather narrow-minded attitude towards the dress code for office workers. This follows a case in which a male (1. EMPLOY) working in the post room of a large organization in the United Kingdom received a suspension for wearing jeans to work. Whilst the report accepts that there is a need for people dealing with customers to look well dressed, it questions whether employees who work behind the scenes (2.NECESSITY) need to dress formally. The authors of the report made a (3.COMPARE) between UK and other European nations where employers seem (4. CONCERN) about the need for their workers to wear smart clothes in the office. Their (5. ARGUE) is based on research that claims workers are far more (6. PRODUCE) when they have the freedom to dress in a way that they feel most (7. COMFORT) in. Your answers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 III. Error identification Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick ( ). If a line has a word which should not be there, write it out. THE INTERVIEW Suzane was very nervous about her interview. For at least three weeks before it she was worried about it. She really wanted the job but she knew that there a lot of other people wanted get it too. She had been told when she phoned the number in the advert that there were a great many applicants for it, so as she prepared herself. She made notes of what she might be asked and of what she wanted to ask. When the day it came, she arrived half of an hour early. There were six other people waiting to be interviewed. They all looked much more confident than her. She began to feel herself even more nervous. One by one the others were called. Each of them came out and looking satisfied. Suzane was the last one to be called into the interview room. She had decided by then time that she had no chance of getting the job, so she felt relaxed as she walked in. 0.√ 00. there 1.________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________ 5.________ 6.________ 7.________ 8.________ C. READING 1.The reading passage below has six paragraphs A-F. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below. Write the correct number i-ix. List of Headings i. Indecision about a name ii. Current problems with distribution iii. Uncertainty about financial advantages iv. The contrasts of cinema today v. The history of cinema vi. Integrating other events into cinema vii. The plans for the future of films viii. An unexpected advantage ix. Too true to life The end of the silver screen? Cinema technology has remained much the same for a century, so when will it go digital? Kelvin Hilton views the projections. 2 3 A. Cinema is full of contradictions. It is high- tech and old- fashioned at the same time. Today’s films are full of digital sound and computer- generated special effects. Yet they are still stored on celluloid film, the basis of which is more than 100 years old. They are also displayed with projectors and screens that seem to belong to our great- grandparents’ generation. B. Now that we are in the second century of cinema, there are moves to bring the medium right up to date. This will involve revolutionising not just how films are made but also how they are distributed and presented. The aim is not only to produce and prepare films digitally, but to be able to send them to movie theatres by digital, electronic means. High- resolution digital projectors would then show the film. Supporters say this will make considerable savings at all stages of this chain, particularly for distribution. C. With such a major technological revolution on the horizon, it seems strange that the industry is still not sure what to call itself. This may appear a minor point, but the choices, ‘digital’ cinema and ‘electronic’ cinema (e- cinema), suggest different approaches to, and aspects of, the business. Digital cinema refers to the physical capture of images; e-cinema covers the whole chain, from production through post- production (editing, addition of special effects and construction of soundtrack) to distribution and projection. D. And what about the effects of the new medium? The main selling point of digital cinema is the high resolution and sharpness of the final image. But those who support the old- fashioned approach to film point to the celluloid medium’s quality of warmth. A recurring criticism of video is that it may be too good: uncomfortably real, rather like looking through an open window. In 1989, the director of the first full- length American digital high- definition movie admitted that the picture had a ‘stark, strange reality to it’. E. Even the money–saving aspect of e-cinema is doubted. One expert says that exciting cinema will have to show the new material and not all of them will readily or rapidly furnish themselves with the right equipment. ‘E-cinema is seen as a way of saving money, because print costs a lot,’ he says. ‘But for that to work, cinemas have to be showing the films because cinemas are the engine that drives the film industry.’ F. This view has prompted some pro-digital entrepreneurs to take a slightly different approach. HD Thames is looking at reinventing the existing cinema market, moving towards e-theatre, which would use digital video and projection to present plays, musicals and some sporting events to the public. This is not that different from the large-screen TV system that was set up in New York in 1930 and John Logie Baird’s experiments with TV in the late 1920s and early 30s. Your answers 1.Paragraph A_________ 2.Paragraph B __________ 3. Paragraph C _________ 4. Paragraph D _________ 5. Paragraph E _________ 6.ParagraphF__________ 2. Read the passage bellow and then choose a suitable word A, B, C or D to fill in each blank. 3 4 Secular festivals and feasts have many uses and values (1)____ the public enjoyment of a celebration. In prehistoric societies, festivals provided an (2)____ for the elders to pass on (3)____knowledge and the meaning of (4)____ lore to younger generations. Festivals celebrating the founding of a nation or the date of withdrawal of foreign (5)____ from its borders bind its citizens in a (6)____ that rises above personal concerns. Modern festivals and feasts centering on the (7)____ of national or ethnic groups enrich understanding of their heritage. Contemporary festivals related to regional developments, such as westward (8)____ on the American continent, aid the local economy by attracting visitors to a pageant of historic authenticity that also fulfill an informal (9)____ function. 1.A. under B. over C. beyond D. behind 2.A. opportunity B. occasion C. occurrence D. onset 3.A. human B. country C. folk D. homeland 4. A. clan B. group C. tribe D. tribal 5. A. intruders B. invaders C. attackers D. occupants 6. A. unity B. union C. collection D. group 7. A. habit B. routine C. practice D. custom 8. A. spreading B. enlarging C. expansion D. swelling 9. A. teaching B. explaining C. instructive D. educational D. WRITING Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. Ex: The film was so boring that I fell asleep. It was such a boring film that I fell asleep. 1. Our opinions on the subject are identical. We ………………………………………………………………………… 2. It seems that Mary forgot about our meeting. Mary ………………………………………………………………………. 3. It is useless to persuade him to do this. There’s …………………………………………………………………… 4. The patient recovered more rapidly than expected. The patient made ………………………………………………………… 5. My father finds maps hard to follow. My father has ……………………………………………………………… THE END 4 5 ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI HỌC KỲ 1 KHỐI 11 NÂNG CAO (2014-2015) Mã đề 101 A.PHONETICS Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others. 1 C 2B 3B 4A 5C B.GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY 1. Choose the best option. 1C 2C 3D 4B 5B 6D 7B 8D 9A 10C 2. Give the correct word form. 1. employee 2.necessarily 3.comparison 4.unconcerned 5.argument 6.productive 7.comfortable 3. Identify the error. 1.get 2.as 3.it 4.of 5.herself 6. and 7. √ 8.time C. READING 1. Headings 1.Paragraph A: iv 2.Paragraph B : vii 3. Paragraph C : i 4. Paragraph D : ix 5. Paragraph E : iii 6. Paragraph F : vi 2. Gap- fill 1. C 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B 6.A 7. D 8. C 9. D D. WRITING Transformation sentences 1.We have/share the same opinion on the subject. 2.Mary seems to have forgotten about our meeting. 3.There’s no need to persuade him to do this. 4.The patient made a more rapid recovery than expected 5.My father has difficulty (in) following maps. THE END 5 . 1 Trường THPT Chu Văn An ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC ĐỀ THI HỌC KỲ I (2014 – 2015) Môn: Anh văn Lớp: 11 Ban: Nâng cao Th i gian làm b i: 60 phút (Dành cho học sinh các lớp 11D1, 11D2, 11D3, 1 1Văn) Đề thi gồm. Headings i. Indecision about a name ii. Current problems with distribution iii. Uncertainty about financial advantages iv. The contrasts of cinema today v. The history of cinema vi. Integrating other. when will it go digital? Kelvin Hilton views the projections. 2 3 A. Cinema is full of contradictions. It is high- tech and old- fashioned at the same time. Today’s films are full of digital